Police: Man exposed himself by courthouse

WAUSAU - A 36-year-old homeless man sat on the stairs of the Marathon County Courthouse with his penis hanging outside his pants, police said.

Anyone who would have walked on the stairs of the courthouse steps around 1:45 p.m. Aug. 3 could have seen Matthew Whitmore's penis, according to court records. Whitmore was wearing tattered pants and he did tuck his genitals away when an officer instructed him, according to records. Whitmore told an officer he did not know his penis was exposed and he was on his way to tell his probation officer he did not have proper pants, according to records.

His probation officer told police Whitmore already met with her that day and he was wearing pants at the time that did not expose his genitals, police said. The probation officer told the officer Whitmore must have changed into the tattered pants after he met with her, according to court records.

Whitmore, 36, was charged with lewd, lascivious behavior and disorderly conduct. If convicted, Whitmore faces more than two years in prison. Whitmore has previously been convicted of strangulation, battery to a policeofficer and fleeing an officer, according to court records.